Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 804 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
2. 2.Riya did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
3. 3.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
4. 4.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
6. 6.___ I study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
9. 9.Sneha did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
10. 10.Riya did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flying (d) flies
11. 11.___ Aarav write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.My friends did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swam
13. 13.___ you send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.My brother did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writing (d) write
15. 15.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
16. 16.___ Neel watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
18. 18.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
19. 19.___ she eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
21. 21.She did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) wore
22. 22.The children did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
23. 23.___ she buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.I ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) clap
25. 25.We did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) built (c) building (d) builds
26. 26.___ you jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.I did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
28. 28.___ Meera fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.___ Ira win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.He did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
31. 31.You did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
32. 32.___ the students swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.I ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feed
34. 34.I did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinking
35. 35.___ we win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.They did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) played (c) play (d) plays
37. 37.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.___ Kavya win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.You ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eat
40. 40.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed

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